Roman art, some of its principles and their application to early Christian painting,

List of Plates I. Head of Young Augustus (Vatican) Frontispiece II. Relief from the Ara Pacis (Museo delle Terme) To face page 24 III. Relief from the Ara Pacis (Museo delle Terme) 30 IV. Altar decorated with Plane Leaves (Museo delle Terme) 34 V. Relief from a Well-head (Vienna) 36 VI. Relief from a Well-head (Vienna) 44 VII. Pilaster from Tomb of the Haterii (Lateran) 52 VIII. Return face of the Same (Lateran) 56 IX. Roman Eagle (SS. Apostoli, Rome) 60 X. Relief with Quince and Lemon Foliage (Lateran) 64 XI. Relief decorated with Vine-branches (Lateran) 68 XII. The Trojan Horse, Pompeian wall-painting (Naples) 148 XIII. Putto, Roman Painting (Casino Rospigliosi) 160 XIV. David, from an Illuminated Psalter (Paris) 182 List of Text Illustrations FIGURE PAGE 1. The Fall. (From the Book of Genesis in Vienna) i 2. The Expulsion from Paradise. (From the Book of Genesis in Vienna) 9 3. Christ upon the Mount of Olives. (After a drawing by Michel Angelo) 10 4. Christ upon the Mount of Olives. (From an Evangelarium at Rossano) 11 5. Dante. (From Botticelli's designs to the Divina Commedia) 12 6. Death of Troilus. (From the Francis Vase ; Florence) 15 7. Roman Portrait Statue. (Florence) 18 8. Allegorical relief of Earth, surrounded by Air and Water. (From the Ara Pads of Augustus ; Florence) 22 9. Statue of Augustus. (From Prima Porta ; Vatican) 29 10. Procession FRom the "Ara Pacis." (Florence) 32 11. Procession from the "Ara Pacis." (Florence) 33 12. The Deliverance of Andromeda. (Relief in the Capitol) 37 13. Sleeping Endymion. (Relief in the Capitol) 38 14. " Medusa Ludovisi." (Museo Buoncompagni) 39 15. Peasant Driving a Cow to Market. (Relief in Munich) 40 16. The Poet and the Muse. (Relief in the Lateran) 41 17. Boat entering a Harbour. (Relief in the Capitol) 43 17A. Head of Augustus. (From Prima Porta) 46 18. Head of Nerva. (Vatican) 46 19. Head of the Apollo from Luni (Florence) 47 20. Sepulchral Relief of the Haterii. (Lateran) 51 21. Roman Lady with Head-dress of the Flavian Period. (Naples) 62 22. Boar Hunt. (On the Tomb of the Julii at Saint Remy) 66 23. Mosaic with the Battle of Alexander. (Naples) 67 24. Dragons with Flower-heads. (From Tomb of the Julii at St. Remy) 70 25. Fragment of Relief from the smaller Pergamene Frieze. (Berlin) 72 26. Pasiphae and Daedalus. (Palazzo Spada) 74 27. Daedalus and Icarus. (Villa Albani) 75 28. Relief from the Arch of Claudius. (Villa Borghese) 76 29. The Spoils of the Temple of Jerusalem. (Relief from the Arch of Titus) 77 30. Triumph of Titus. (Relief from the Arch of Titus) 77 31. Detail from the "Sarcophagus of Alexander." (Constantinople) 82 32. Warrior and Amazon. (From the painted Sarcophagus in Florence) 87 33. Incised Design on the Ficoronian Cist. (Museo Kircheriano) 92,93 34. Madness of Herakles. (On a Vase signed by Assteas ; Madrid) 95 35. Sculptured Slab. (From the Arch of Trajan at Beneventum) 106 36. " " " " " 107 37. " " " " " 109 38. " " " " " 109 39. " " " " " 110 40. " " " " " 110 41. Relief from the Column of Trajan 111 42. Combat of Romans and Dacians. (Formerly on Arch of Trajan ; Arch of Constantine) 113 43. Garlands. (Wall-painting; Palatine) 114 44. Pompeian Wall Decoration. (First style) 123 45. Pompeian Wall Decoration. (Second style) 124 46. Pompeian Wall-painting. (Third style) 125 47. Pompeian Wall Decoration. (Fourth style) 127 48. Wall Decoration (From Villa of Livia) 128 49. Detail of Same 129 50. Wall Painting (From House of Germanicus ; Palatine) 130 51. Wall Painting (From the Same) 130 52. Detail of Pompeian Wall Painting in the Third Style 131 53. Egyptian Designs. (After Prisse d'Avennes) 132 54. Dining-room of a Pompeian House Decorated in the Fourth Style 133 55. Detail of Wall Painting in the Fourth Style. (Pompei) 135 56. Medea Meditating the Murder of Her Children. (Picture in Naples) 139 57. Perseus and Andromeda. (Picture in Naples) 140 58. Detail from the "Finding of Telephus." (Naples) 141 59. Theseus the Saviour. (Picture in Naples) 143 60. Pompeian Wall-painting. (Naples) 145 61. Vase-painting. (Vienna) 151 62. Lyssa on a Greek Vase-painting. (British Musuem) 152 63. The "Garden of Circe." (Roman painting ; Vatican) 155 64. Dionysus and Adriadne. (Wall-painting in Pompei) 159 65. Portrait of Man. (From the Fayoum) 160 66. Portrait of Woman. (From the Fayoum) 160 67. Allegorical Relief. (Palazzo Rondanini) 162 68. Roman Medallion 163 69. The Vengeance of Orestes. (On the Sarcophagus Giustiniani) 166 70. Same Subject. (On a Sarcophagus in the Lateran) 167 71. Mosaic from the Apse of St. John Lateran 169 72. Mosaic from the Apse of St. John Lateran 169 73. Illustration to Virgil's Eclogues. (Vatican, Library) 172 74. Pharaoh's Meal. (Genesis of Vienna) 175 75. Jacob Exhorts His Sons. (Genesis of Vienna) 179 76. The Lord blesses Jacob. (Genesis of Vienna) 181 77. The Angel appears to Joshua before Jericho. (Rotulus in Vatican, Library) 185 78. The Great Hunt. (Wall-painting in Pompei) 187 ----- A. Trajanic Relief from the Arch of Constantine v B. Portrait Busts on a Roman Gravestone. (Vaatican) 191 C. Portrait of Nerva. (Vatican) 198 Digitized by Google.
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